Vet Assistant Final Exam Practice

Question 1

What do the bones provide maximum area for?

Answer 1

muscle attachment

Question 2

What is Esophagpscopy?

Answer 2

Examination of the esophagus using an endoscope.

Question 3

What is OSHA?

Answer 3

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It requires that all hospital staff are informed of all chemicals to which hey may be exposed to while at work.

Question 4

What is Ethics?

Answer 4

The system of moral principles that determines appropriate behavior and actions within a specific group.

Question 5

What is the Veterinary Practiceact?

Answer 5

Determines if who can practice veterinary medicine and surgery in each state and under which conditions.

Question 6

What is PPE?

Answer 6

Personal Protective Equipment

Question 7

What is MSDS?

Answer 7

Material Safety Data Sheets

Question 8

What is the AVMA?

Answer 8

the organization that acts as the collective voice of the veterinary profession.

Question 9

What does Polyphagia mean?

Answer 9

excessive eating

Question 10

What does Dysuria mean?

Answer 10

Painful and difficult urination

Question 11

What is a Laparotomy?

Answer 11

a surgical incision into the abdomen

Question 12

What is adduction?

Answer 12

movement of the limb toward the midline.

Question 13

What is a Cystocentesis?

Answer 13

a puncture to the bladder with a needle to remove urine.

Question 14

What is the Ventral side of an animal?

Answer 14

the direction going up through the abdomen.

Question 15

What is a Pyometra?

Answer 15

when pus or infection is in the uterus.

Question 16

What is the Buccal?

Answer 16

the surface going toward the cheek.

Question 17

What is a abdominocentisis?

Answer 17

puncture into the abdomen.

Question 18

what is extension?

Answer 18

the act of straightening a limb

Question 19

What does Emesis mean?

Answer 19

Vomit

Question 20

What are five glands that secrete directly into the bloodstream?

Answer 20

pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, testes, and ovaries.

Question 21

What are the three main types of joints?

Answer 21

fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial.

Question 22

What is the Tarsus?

Answer 22

It is the animal equivalent to the human ankle.

Question 23

What are the three divisions of the nervous system?

Answer 23

central, peripheral, and automatic.

Question 24

What are the five functions of the integument system?

Answer 24

Regulate body temp, adjust blood flow, adjust position of hairs, secrete sweat, and produce vitamin D.

Question 25

What are the three functions of the liver?

Answer 25

supplies raw materials, secretes bile, and breaks down & absorbs fat.

Question 26

What is the rest and restore response produced by?

Answer 26

parasympathetic system

Question 27

What does the adipose connective tissue consist of?

Answer 27

Lipids (fat) and storing cells

Question 28

What is the gestation period?

Answer 28

the time from fertilization to delivery.

Question 29

What is the female reproductive system made up of?

Answer 29

ovaries, oviducts, cervix, vagina, vulva

Question 30

What do cats do spontaneously?

Answer 30

Ovulate

Question 31

What is the largest sesamoid bone?

Answer 31

Patella (kneecap)

Question 32

What is the purpose of the patella?

Answer 32

distributes the force of the quads

Question 33

What is the carpus located between?

Answer 33

the radius and the metacarpal bones.

Question 34

What do albino animals lack?

Answer 34

Melanin

Question 35

What do reticular fibers form?

Answer 35

supportive framework

Question 36

What two extremities do long bones have?

Answer 36

epiphysis and diaphysis

Question 37

Which fibers are the most predominant?

Answer 37

Collagen fibers

Question 38

What is a trochanter?

Answer 38

a lump/bump on the surface of a bone.

Question 39

What are the three pairs of adult pelvis bones?

Answer 39

ilium, schium, pubis

Question 40

What is the foramen?

Answer 40

a hole in the bone through which blood vessels and nerves pass.

Question 41

What are the three muscle types?

Answer 41

skeletal, cardiac, and smooth.

Question 42

What are cells?

Answer 42

building blocks of life.

Question 43

What is the hind limb called?`

Answer 43

pelvic limb

Question 44

What are the axial skeleton bones?

Answer 44

skull, spinal column, ribs, and sternum

Question 45

What does the male reproductive system consist of?

Answer 45

testes, epididymis, vas deferens, accessory sex glands and penis

Question 46

What is the function of the respiratory system?

Answer 46

Exchange of oxygen, into oxygenated blood and then into carbon dioxide.

Question 47

What is the purpose of connective tissue?

Answer 47

to hold and support tissue

Question 48

What are the 2 enzymes pancreas produces?

Answer 48

insulin and glucagon

Question 49

What does the upper repertory tract do?

Answer 49

supplies lungs with pure warm humidified air.

Question 50

What are the 2 divisions of the circulatory system?

Answer 50

systemic and pulmonary

Question 51

What are the three common features of the epithelial tissue?

Answer 51

consists of cells, no blood vessels and can reproduce.

Question 52

Where are the thoracic vertebrae found?

Answer 52

the chest region

Question 53

What is the cervical vertebra?

Answer 53

bones found in the neck region

Question 54

What is an example of a fibrous joint?

Answer 54

skull bones

Question 55

What is the tibia?

Answer 55

main weight bearing bone of the distal leg

Question 56

What is the articular surface?

Answer 56

surface where a bone forms a joint with another bone.

Question 57

What are three segments of the small intestine?

Answer 57

ilium, jejunum, duodenum

Question 58

What two systems is breathing controlled by?

Answer 58

mechanical control and chemical control

Question 59

what are the five senses?

Answer 59

gustatory, olfactory, auditory, vestibular, and visual